Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Logan Square

CDOT Aims to Install Over 1,000 Bike Parking Spaces in 2014

By Steven Vance | Jun 25, 2014 | 13 Comments

The new Chicago Department of Transportation bike parking program manager, Kathleen Murphy, described the upcoming summer and fall installation season during the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting two weeks ago. She outlined three initiatives that will get over a thousand new bicycle parking spaces installed on sidewalks and roadways. Murphy is continuing the city’s long-standing program […]

Blue Line Construction Strands Shuttle Bus Riders Amid Detoured Traffic

By Steven Vance | Mar 28, 2014 | 21 Comments

Last weekend’s Blue Line track work, just one week of the months-long Your New Blue project, pushed rail riders onto shuttle buses that ran along Milwaukee Avenue — and right through a traffic jam created by the very same track work. Instead of following the designated detour, drivers diverted from Fullerton and Sacramento Avenues under the […]

Eyes on the Street: Crosswalks Striped Last Fall in Logan Are Nearly Gone

By John Greenfield | Mar 10, 2014 | 15 Comments

The chaotic traffic circle around Logan Square’s eagle-topped Illinois Centennial Monument pillar is a major barrier for pedestrians, discouraging foot traffic from one side of the neighborhood to the other. As a result, the multilane roundabout lowers revenue for businesses along on Logan Boulevard, Milwaukee and Kedzie. There have been several proposals to make the […]

To Smooth Out the Blue Line Rehab, Divert Cars From Milwaukee

By Steven Vance | Feb 24, 2014 | 14 Comments

As the Chicago Transit Authority prepares to fix up Blue Line tracks, the agency is warning riders that they’ll face significant delays during the weekends when work is underway. But tens of thousands of transit riders would face less inconvenience if the city cleared some room on Milwaukee Avenue by diverting motor vehicle traffic. The […]

Eyes on the Street: Gravel Sidewalk at Plaza Site Forces People Into Street

By Steven Vance | Jan 2, 2014 | No Comments

This week’s snow storm — which is still coming down — has made a lot of sidewalks tough to navigate, but here’s one case that’s worse than most. It’s just one block in Logan Square, but this short stretch of Woodard Street is worth talking about as an example how Chicago needs to pay better […]

How Parking Requirements Get in the Way of New Chicago Businesses

By Steven Vance | Aug 6, 2013 | 32 Comments

A proposal to legalize transit-oriented development would make it easier to build walkable and bikeable neighborhoods, in part by halving the car parking requirement for residences and eliminating it for non-residential uses near train stations. The ordinance is set to go before aldermen at the zoning committee’s next meeting in September. Right now, without the ordinance, […]

Three Miles of Milwaukee Will Be Open for Car-Free Play This September

By John Greenfield | Jul 26, 2013 | 8 Comments

Although Chicago was one of the first U.S. cities to consider staging a ciclovía, a Latin-American-style event that creates temporary car-free street space in order to encourage healthy recreation, community interaction and commerce, we’re currently way behind peer cities. New York, Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco are each hosting several ciclovía events this […]

Dooring Epidemic Shows Urgent Need for Protected Lanes in Wicker Park

By John Greenfield | Jul 2, 2013 | 47 Comments

I’m getting really fed up with hearing about cyclists’ blood being spilled on Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park, Bucktown and Logan Square from dooring crashes that might have been prevented by protected bike lanes. On August 15, a 27-year-old woman on a Schwinn was injured by a delivery driver who parked his truck curbside in […]

Police Say They Won’t Investigate Non-Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash for 12 Days

By Steven Vance | Apr 30, 2013 | 3 Comments

Last Thursday at around 4:30 p.m., a driver crashed into a bicyclist returning from a quick trip to The Bike Lane, a bike shop on Milwaukee Avenue across from the Congress Theater. The driver fled the scene and remains at large, while the cyclist – Michael Leete, visiting from Brooklyn, New York – was left […]

Where Will Bike-Share Stations Go? System Map Begins to Take Shape

By Steven Vance | Apr 26, 2013 | 7 Comments

Chicago’s bike-share system, which will go by the name of Divvy, is on track to launch by the Bike To Work Day Rally on June 14. Divvy will start out with 75 stations in downtown and River North before growing to about 400 stations in an area roughly bounded by Lake Michigan, Devon, California and 63rd. […]

P-Street on Milwaukee Could Help Empty Lots Develop Into Walkable Places

By Steven Vance | Apr 10, 2013 | 7 Comments

Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno of the 1st Ward has introduced an ordinance that would zone Milwaukee Avenue between Sacramento Avenue and Rockwell Street/Francis Place as a Pedestrian Street, or P-Street, which could help ensure that future development is walkable and pedestrian-friendly. The P-Street concept was codified in 2004 as an attempt “to preserve and enhance the […]

Bike Parking Revolution: Brewpub to Get Chicago’s Fifth On-Street Corral

By John Greenfield | Mar 7, 2013 | 16 Comments

On-street bike corrals have many benefits for retail areas. They accommodate a high number of customers and advertise the efficiency of cycling, since one car spot fits up to 12 bikes. Parking bikes in the street frees up space on sidewalks for pedestrians. On-street racks placed at corners improve sight lines and shorten crossing distances […]

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